With the introduction of the Industry 4.0 concept, modern industry is gradually transforming into intelligent manufacturing. Various types of collectors, controllers, sensors and other equipment, as well as mobile communication, intelligent analysis and other technologies have begun to be integrated into all links of the industrial production process, forming a high degree of dependence. Cloud computing, big data and other technologies carry out real-time data collection and processing to finally realize the industrial Internet of things for intelligent production. In the past two years, 5G technology has developed rapidly, and its high-bandwidth, low-latency, wide-coverage, and high-reliability characteristics are highly matched with the demand for data communication in the industrial field, providing a strong guarantee for the construction of industrial IoT platforms.
But at the same time, the development of the Industrial Internet of Things is also facing challenges that cannot be ignored. The downstream of the Industrial Internet of Things involves the access of a large number of sophisticated industrial equipment, and there are many types of control protocols in the industrial field, and different equipment manufacturers have their own proprietary industrial protocols. In order to realize terminal device data on the cloud, in addition to the guarantee of transmission efficiency provided by 5G, it is also necessary to solve the integration and unification of industrial protocols with different standards of various manufacturers.
Based on this pain point, EMQ team developed the edge industrial protocol gateway software the X-Neuron EMQ (hereinafter referred to as Neuron), focusing on industrial development of things needs and future layout, trying to build a 5G era Industry 4.0 platform enabling. Neuron is taken from the term "Neuron", which represents EMQ's positioning and vision for this product : In the huge and complex data transmission system of the Industrial Internet of Things, Neuron, as the basic functional unit at the edge, can be used for each organization. The terminal data information is received and integrated, and transmitted to the more upstream "nerve center", that is, the cloud platform. After further data analysis and processing, rapid response and decision-making in line with business needs are made, thereby realizing the efficiency of the entire industrial Internet of Things system Flexible operation.
Why EMQ X Neuron ?
70+ industrial protocol support
Supports access to more than 70 mainstream industrial protocols (the number will continue to increase), including Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP, Ethernet/IP, OPC/UA, etc. After parsing and converting to a unified MQTT protocol , it will work with EMQ X Edge and Kuiper integrates edge streaming analysis and computing, or directly connects to the cloud industrial IoT platform.
Beyond ordinary gateways
It can run business logic services, event trigger scripts, edge rule processing engines, and standard industrial alarm judgments at the same time , giving the device edge layer more capabilities. Neuron also provides extended interfaces, which can realize the access of custom protocols.
Web control platform
One-stop platform gateway configuration management. All configurations, rules, and labels can be managed uniformly through the Web platform , and on-site operations can be omitted through Web services, and functions such as equipment monitoring, maintenance, and configuration management can be realized remotely.
Cross-platform, low power consumption
The software is implemented by C language, suitable for lightweight industrial equipment, including various hardware, supports X86, ARM, MIPS 32-bit and 64-bit CPU architecture , and mainstream Linux systems .
The release of Neuron will undoubtedly make the industrial Internet of Things in the 5G era even more powerful. Not only that, we will realize a complete set of edge solutions for industrial protocol analysis, data aggregation and streaming processing at the edge by integrating software such as Neuron, Edge and Kuiper; it will be further integrated with the cloud-based EMQ X Broker/Enterprise series of products , You can realize an end-to-end complete industrial solution from the edge to the cloud.
This complete industrial solution is planned to be released in September 2020. It will explore the full-stack and full-scenario of edge-cloud collaboration, and build a 5G-oriented pan-industrial Internet of Things platform to enable networking, digitalization and intelligence in the industrial field. Make active efforts to help advance the process of Industry 4.0.
We believe in and look forward to a future where people and machinery work efficiently together, and we are willing to work hard for it.
Major contributors to Neuron product research and development: Joey Cheung, Director of Neuron product line, 15 years of writing experience in automation equipment control software, HMI, SCADA, participated in large-scale industrial automation production line projects at home and abroad, and now focuses on the software development of the industrial Internet of Things platform.
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